"Sir, are you?" Liu Xiu was puzzled.

"This is Zhong Qiang! This is Zhong Qiang from Jincheng!" Zhang Ze was furious and pointed to the valley in the distance and said loudly: "They passed by Jincheng, but there was no news from Jincheng. Without the cover of Jincheng people, this was impossible."

Only then did Liu Xiu understand what Zhang Ze meant.

The Qiang people are an ancient tribe. There are written records that they started with a slave named Yuan Jian from the Qin Ligong during the pre-Qin period. In fact, history was much earlier. It is said that the Shennong family was a Qiang people, so their surname was Jiang. However, after they were integrated into the Chinese civilization, the Qiang people did not have very famous figures and did not leave any impressions in their memory until the Yuan Jian appeared.

Yuan Jian's great-grandson Ren is a relatively powerful leader in modern Qiang people's history. The rise of Qiang people was led by him, which opened the historical chapter of the Qiang people's prosperity again. Ren gave birth to nine sons, and his younger brother Wu gave birth to seventeen sons. These twenty-six people are the beginning of the twenty-six types of Qiang people. After hundreds of years of development, Qiang people have developed into more than one hundred and fifty, but most of the races are relatively weak, and some races have disappeared into the long river of history.

In the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty, for various reasons, the rebellions of the Qiang people continued to fight with the Han Dynasty. Gu Ran of the Han Dynasty was exhausted, but the Qiang people also lost any benefits, and they also paid a huge price. The once powerful Dang Jian Qiang, the Qiang people were killed by Duan Zhi and the population was scattered and destroyed. Now it is an inconspicuous small tribe.

The most powerful Qiang tribe in Liangzhou is Zhong Qiang, which is said to have more than 100,000 soldiers. However, their range of activities has always been in the area of ​​the Qiang people's birthplace, the area of ​​the Qiang people, that is, the western part of Jincheng County. The Qiang Hunting School was located there to monitor them. Hanyang and the northern area were killed by Zhang Huan and Duan Bing, especially after Duan Bing killed all directions. There were no powerful tribes, collectively called San Qiang. The large ones were thousands and the small ones were hundreds of people. If they were profitable, they would gather, and if they were not profitable, they would be divided. Most of the time, they would have no power.

This is also one of the reasons why Yuan Shu became a successful person to make contributions.

But if it appears here, Zhong Qiang. It is not a question of whether he can make meritorious service, but a question of whether he can survive. This also explains Liu Xiu’s question, why so many Qiang people suddenly appeared here.

Faced with Zhang Ze's anger, Liu Xiu was silent for a moment. He suspected that there was a shadow of Yan Zhong. If Yan Zhong deliberately let him go to Jincheng County in order to make contributions, Zhong Qiang quietly passed through Jincheng County, appeared in the north, surrounding Yuan Shu, it would be good, but Yan Zhong did not reveal any news to him at all. This would be a bit too much.

"Sir. Can you be sure that the people from Jincheng have an affair with the Qiang people?" Liu Xiu asked calmly.

"I think it should be so." Zhang Ze suddenly sighed helplessly like a balloon that was deflated. "I don't know that Liangzhou has never been peaceful in the past few decades. Liangzhou has few registered household registrations, but it does not mean that there are few people in Liangzhou. It's just that most people are not in the imperial household registration. Take Jincheng County for example. The household registrations in recent years have been more than 10,000, but is there really only more than 10,000 people in Jincheng? Absolutely not. Which family in Jincheng has not had thousands of people? But most of the people in their family are Qiang people, not in the household registration, and they and Qiang people... Alas!"

Zhang Ze shook his head and stopped talking. He had been a Qiang-gu captain who had been a Qiang-guard for several years, and his capital was in Linqiang in Jincheng. He was very familiar with the situation in Jincheng. In the last war, the reason why he was able to summon 10,000 troops to join the war was that he had received the support of the Jincheng tribes, but now that the people of Jincheng have done such a thing, he was very helpless.

When Liu Xiu heard him say this, he couldn't help but feel moved. Han Sui was from Jincheng. As for the Bian family that Zhang Ze mentioned, he should have invited him, but the Bian Zhang, Wang family and Qu family did not come. However, they can compare with famous scholars like Han Sui and Bian Zhang, and their strength should be good.

It seems that to defeat the Qiang people, the troops on his hands alone are simply useless. If you want to succeed, you have to rely on the local powerful people in Liangzhou. Without their support, it is not realistic to establish a powerful force.

"Zi Lie, can you defend Xiaoguan?"

Xu Rong nodded and said calmly: "No problem. Although the Qiang people are coming in a fierce manner, it is not easy for them to break through Xiaoguan. But please note that the Qiang people are good at running around the mountains. Whether they can break through Xiaoguan does not mean that they cannot enter Guanzhong." He glanced at Liu Xiu and reminded: "If they disturb the emperor's tombs, it may be detrimental to the general."

Liu Xiu also had a headache. In order to rescue Yuan Shu, he had already brought out all the county soldiers from Fufeng. The Qiang people really wanted to cross mountains and ridges into Fufeng, and Guanzhong really had no troops to defend. He transferred Fufeng Commander Xu Rong to Xiaoguan. If something happened, he would be impeached and acted in a mess.

But if he couldn't go into seclusion and focused his energy on the defense of Guanzhong, what should Yuan Shu do? Just think of him dying at the hands of the Qiang people? He still counted on him to balance Yuan Shao's strength. Others may not know Yuan Shu's thoughts, but he saw Yuan Shu thoroughly. In order to be comparable to Yuan Shao, he was determined to inherit Yuan Wei's door.

A good woman is hard to cook without rice, and now he deeply feels this helplessness.

"No matter what, I have to rob Yuan Shu first." Liu Xiu smashed the city wall with great force, "Zi Lie, Lord Zhang, you are all very familiar with the situation of the Qiang people. See what should we do?"

Xu Rong looked at Zhang Ze quietly and waited for him to say first. Zhang Ze locked his eyebrows: "The Qiang people have a strong power and do not have enough troops, so we cannot defeat them. More importantly, the Qiang soldiers we could have relied on have now become enemies and cannot believe them at all. They can only rely on the big families in Liangzhou."

Liu Xiu knew what Zhang Ze meant. The troops he brought from Lin Qiang were mainly Qiang people. Originally, they could use them to deal with some San Qiang people, but now they have to deal with Zhong Qiang, the largest tribe among the Qiang people, and these Qiang soldiers are difficult to trust. His defeat and Zhou Hong's death were largely because these Qiang soldiers refused to work hard and even surrendered in the face of the battle.

The only ones who can rely on are the big tribes in Liangzhou. The Qiang soldiers they have been dependent on for many years are much more reliable.

"The closest ones are An Ding and Hanyang. If the general contacts them now, it should be too late."

After hearing what Zhang Ze said, Liu Xiu became more and more suspicious of Yan Zhong. Yan Zhong is from Hanyang, so how can this matter be related to him? He sighed secretly. It’s not easy to mess around these days. If you don’t have talents, you should have talents. If you have talents, you have to control him. Whether it’s Jia Xu or Yan Zhong, you are all good at humans. If you accidentally play tricks, let alone Xun Yu and Wang Yun are the most outstanding people like him. Fortunately, he was specialized in playing tricks with others in his previous life. But when facing these masters of playing people, he still felt overwhelmed with them.

After all, everyone is using each other. If someone can use you, it means that you have the value of using it. Force is considered a bad thing. If you don’t have enough IQ, it cannot bring benefits to others. Once you turn your eyes, you will be sold.

How did Lu Bu, the most powerful man in the Three Kingdoms, die in the end? It wasn’t that Chen Gong, Chen Deng and those who were used as guns, and they were so desperate that they were against Cao Cao. After the war, they were sold out. Chen Deng later became Cao Cao’s official. If Chen Gong hadn’t offended Cao Cao, there would be no problem. Only Lu Bu, who was unlucky, was charged with repeated crimes. He was killed by Liu Bei’s slight words. In fact, if he had to say repetition, who would have repetitions than Liu Bei.

Speaking of Liu Bei, Liu Xiu wanted to laugh. This kid seems to be quite close to the Yuan family recently. I don’t know if he thinks the Yuan family’s ship is bigger and more luxurious, but one thing is certain. This kid must have smelled the storm and was eager to find a backer. In his eyes, although Liu Xiu’s ship looks good, it is still far from the Yuan family.

Of course, it is not surprising that he has this idea. After all, Liu Xiu's status today mainly comes from the favor of the emperor. Once the emperor himself is unable to protect himself, Liu Xiu will naturally be in trouble. In terms of strength, even the emperor is not a match for the Yuan family, let alone Liu Xiu.

The task is heavy and the road is long.

"Since that's the case, please ask the Lord to stay in Guanzhong and I'll go to Hanyang for a trip." Liu Xiu no longer hesitated and decided to go to Hanyang to meet Yan Zhong in person. Time is urgent, and he must make a promise on the spot to get the support of those big clans, otherwise the time will be delayed on the way.

Zhang Ze had no objection. He led his remnants to station in Guanzhong to prevent the Qiang people from ramming the imperial tomb.

But Ma Riyan quit. He dragged Liu Xiu and said, "What should Yuan Shu do if you leave?" Who can guarantee that he can hold on until you come back?"

Liu Xiu spread his hands and said, "I don't have soldiers, how can I save them? There are tens of thousands of Qiang people outside, and I have less than ten thousand soldiers in total, and some of them are private soldiers who have just pieced together. These people are good at protecting the house and want to fight against the Qiang people in the field. They are not enough to fill the gaps between them. Yuan Shu's soldiers are more elite than mine, so he is still surrounded by others?"

Ma Riyi couldn't say that he was, but he just refused to let him go. When he came to Guanzhong, it was better to say that it was Malen's meaning than to follow the emperor's edict. The others were left alone and Yuan Shu could not die.

Liu Xiu was about to get tired. This sour scholar would really be a life-threatening person. If it weren't for his close relationship with Lu Zhi, he would have wanted to kick him away.

"General, I think it's not good to go like this." Xun You suddenly spoke. Liu Xiu was stunned, "What does Gongda mean?"

Xun You waved his hand and signaled everyone to retreat. Ma Riyi was very unhappy, but when he saw Liu Xiu's face, he probably wouldn't go out. Xun You refused to speak, and he himself could not persuade Liu Xiu, so he had to win a requesting look at Xun You and retreated uneasy. Xun You came to the door and said softly: "General, it is indeed a clever plan to ask for help from the people of Liangzhou, but if the general does this, can they respect the general?"

Liu Xiu's eyes rolled and then understood. When he went to Liangzhou at this time, it was similar to begging for food. What was the final result depends on the rewards. If others didn't like you, no matter how good your attitude was, it would be useless. If you want to achieve an equal negotiated position, you must first show your strength. "Then let's fight first?"

"What the general said is very much." Xun You spread the map and pointed to the location of Shegu Mountain. "Sir, Xiao Guan is only three hundred miles away from Shegu Mountain, and the light cavalry can arrive in one day. Zhou Hong and Zhang led more than 10,000 cavalry to help. The Qiang people could not be careless. Their heavy troops should be here, and the Shegu Mountain area would not have too many troops. Yuan Shu didn't know the deployment of the Qiang people, otherwise with their strength, he could break the encirclement himself."

Xun You explained to Liu Xiu the possible deployment of the Qiang people. Zhong Qiang claimed to be a hundred thousand people, but they would never be able to dispatch at all, and at most some people were dispatched. In addition, the local San Qiang people in the north fought together. Yuan Shu brought more than 5,000 people and could support them for so long. It can be seen that the Qiang people's troops would not exceed 50,000. Otherwise, they would be besieged Yuan Shu with ten times the force. Yuan Shu had nine lives. Zhou Hong and Zhang brought 10,000 people, and Xiaoguan still had more than 2,000 defenders. Considering the gap between the two sides, if the Qiang people wanted to win a complete victory, at least 40,000 people would come to intercept them. In this way, the people surrounding Yuan Shu would not exceed 10,000.

With the troops controlled by Liu Xiu and the cooperation with Yuan Shu in the inside and outside, it is entirely possible to defeat the Qiang people and rescue Yuan Shu.

Liu Xiu woke up from his dream and slapped his forehead hard: "Gongda. You are the one who wakes up from the dream with one word."

Xun You smiled slightly: "A general is a wise man who is worried about it, and he will inevitably lose it. You's duty is to check for the general's omissions."

Liu Xiu immediately recruited the generals to discuss matters and prepared to rush to Shogushan overnight. The Qiang people had defeated Zhou Hong and Zhang Ze, and they would soon go back to encircle and annihilate Yuan Shu. There was not much time left for Liu Xiu.

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Shogushan. Yuan Shu sat next to the mud and water, pulled off his helmet in a few seconds, and threw it into Bao Hong's arms: "Go and get some water for me. His mother hasn't washed her face for a few days, maybe even my mother can't recognize who I am."

The song leader Bao Hong glanced at Yuan Shu's blood-stained face. He held back his laughter and ran to the water with his helmet. The cold water that had hit a helmet was held in front of Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu washed his hands first, then rubbed his face with his hands. Rubbed off the dark red mud strips of his hand. Yuan Shu glanced at it and said with emotion: "I have killed a lot of people in the past two days, so much blood?"

Bao Hong nodded repeatedly: "No, the generals have to fight every time these two days, and there are not a hundred or eighty people killed."

"So many?" Yuan Shu raised his eyebrows and grinned: "I can beat you very much."

"The general's martial arts are no worse than others." Bao Hong said the truth. Yuan Shu is different from Yuan Shao. He has been fighting on the street since he was a child, and he has been instructed by a ranger and swordsman with high martial arts at home. He is still good at it. The main reason for the time he was in danger at the Luoriyuan was that he had no experience in going into battle. After several battles, he had become accustomed to and enjoyed this passionate pleasure. In the past few days, because the soldiers suffered too much casualties, he had to lead the personal guard camp to fight. Although he had the guards of the personal guards, he was not seriously injured, which was related to his increasingly superb martial arts.

"It seems that fighting on the street is really different from killing people." Yuan Shu washed his face, pulled up his cloak to wipe it clean, rubbed it hard, and then took a piece of cake and ate it. He said while eating: "I was beaten up by Liu Xiu, but I was always unwilling to accept it. Now I know that this man had fought a war in the northern border and killed people, but he was much crueler than me. It is not unfair to suffer his losses."

Bao Hong also found it a little funny when he remembered that fight.

Yuan Shu rolled his tongue hard and stirred it in his mouth for a few times, licked the shredded meat from the teeth, chewed it, and then smiled and said, "What will happen if I fight him again?"

Bao Hong thought about it and said tactfully: "If you can win, don't say whether you can win, you shouldn't lose so badly again."

"Damn! You're cheating me." Yuan Shu rolled his eyes and cursed with a smile: "Do you think I don't know? It's okay for me to beat that illegitimate son these two moves, but if you fight with Liu Xiu, you'll lose even worse."

Bao Hong smiled. Since Yuan Shu knew, he didn't need to say anything more. He was really afraid that Yuan Shu would not know the importance of it, so he would go to Liu Xiu to fight one-on-one.

"I heard Liu Bei say that he practiced the Five Elements Technique and was very fast." Yuan Shu ate a big bite of cake again, "I tried it with Liu Bei. He was stupid and dishonest, and he hid it with me and deliberately let me win, thinking that this would make me happy. Humph, he looked down on me too much."

Bao Hong frowned: "General, Liu Bei... I don't feel at ease. No matter what, Liu Xiu treats him well."

"That's it." Yuan Shu suddenly felt a little bored and did not say anything further. After chewing the two cakes, he took the wine pot from a guard, raised his neck and drank it twice, rinsed it in his mouth, then swallowed it, looked at the south sky, and suddenly sighed: "I don't know if Shoucheng can fight out and send the news to Chang'an."

"General, aren't you worried that Liu Xiu will not be saved when he sees death?"

"I'm not worried." Yuan Shu turned around and said without hesitation: "Liu Xiu is a little bit slutty, but he never tampered with such things. If he had this idea, wouldn't it be more convenient to let the illegitimate son die in Mobei?"

Bao Hong nodded and said nothing more. Liu Xiu could go to Mobei to rescue Yuan Shao at all costs, and he should be able to rescue Yuan Shu. All he had to worry about was that Liu Xiu had limited troops and was willing but lacked strength. Ma Teng had been away for three days. Before he had received the news of reinforcements, Yuan Shu said it relaxed. In fact, he was already panicked, and he would look south unnaturally when he had time.

However, Bao Hong and the others felt that Yuan Shu had become much more mature since the Battle of Sunset. At least he did not put his hostility towards Yuan Shao on his face like before, but only knew to slander Yuan Shao in front of Yuan Feng and others. Now he also knew to make contributions, recruit talents, and win people's hearts. Instead of just knowing how to cause trouble, as before.

"Then I hope he can arrive as soon as possible." Bao Hong looked at the silent soldiers in the distance, worried that the battle ahead was good after less than a month of going out to the frontier, but later the Qiang people killed more and more. They realized that something was wrong. Unfortunately, it was too late, and the Qiang people who came from somewhere surrounded them. Yuan Shu made a quick decision and felt that he had broken through, but after retreating to Shegu Mountain, they could no longer kill. They could only rely on the terrain of Shegu Mountain and sent Ma Teng to rush out for help.

After many days of fierce fighting, more than half of the soldiers were killed or killed, and the most troublesome thing was that they were about to lose food. The arrows were almost used, and if the reinforcements were not enough, they would inevitably die. Following Yuan Shu to fight was to earn military merits. No one expected that such an accident would occur. This would have a great blow to morale. Including Yuan Shu himself, his frustration could be seen on everyone's faces.

As night gradually fell, the singing and dancing of the Qiang people in the distance came to the valley, and they could vaguely see their bonfire. Yuan Shu spitted and cursed himself. These Qiang people really enjoyed it. Even when they were fighting, they didn't forget to sing and dance, drink and eat meat, but his dignified Han Hou General hid in this valley and waited for someone to help him.

Will Liu Xiu come? Yuan Shu said it very sure, but he was also worried. The current situation is different from the Sunset Yuan. Because of Zhang Jiao’s affairs, the emperor was very dissatisfied with Liu Xiu and drove Liu Xiu to Guanzhong, which meant to punish him. Liu Xiu now has only a few thousand people, and even if the powerful Guanzhong can help for the sake of the Yuan family, there will not be many people. The Qiang people who appeared here have 40,000 to 50,000. If Liu Xiu didn’t know the Qiang people’s military strength, he might have been trapped in himself. If he knew, he might not dare to come at all.

No matter what, it is not ordinary difficulty for Liu Xiu to rescue him.

Yuan Shu lay on the grass, looking up at the night sky. There was no moon today, and you could see the stars in the sky. Yuan Shu didn't understand astrology, but he knew that those great scholars often talked about astrology, what does this star correspond to and what does that star correspond to? The Yuan Family's "Mengshi Yi" is not unfamiliar with these. It is said that Yuan Shao likes to talk about these.

Yuan Shu didn't know which star belonged to him, but he believed that the star must be very bleak now. Compared with Yuan Shao's concubine son, his legitimate son was just a playboy and an indescribable waste in the eyes of many people. The famous scholars and scholars looked down on him. Not only that, even those with corrupt morals were unwilling to interact with him, such as the Nanyang man named Xu You.

In fact, Yuan Shu looked down on those famous scholars. As a member of the Yuan family, he knew the true faces of many famous scholars, and he also knew how famous scholars became famous. In order to become the son-in-law of the Yuan family, Huang Ziai did not hesitate to divorce his wife. He was just unlucky and met a ruthless Xiahou family. If he replaced him with a weak woman, who would know his despicableness? He would become the son-in-law of the Yuan family, he would become famous all over the world, and he would have smooth careers in his career. The three dukes had no chance, but a high-ranking official of 2,000 stones was not a problem.

When he thought of Huang Ziai, Yuan Shu thought of several sisters. His sisters were all well married, including the Li family in Yingchuan, Gao family in Chenliu, and Yang family in Hongnong. None of them were not famous aristocratic families. It’s a pity that my younger sister Yuan Hui was originally the smartest among the sisters, but her fate was also the most illegitimate. First, he almost married Huang Ziai, and then was rejected by Liu Xiu. Finally, he entered the palace for the future of the Yuan family and became the emperor’s woman. Although Yuan Hui had never talked about the situation in the palace, Yuan Shu knew that she must have suffered a lot.

When Yuan Shu thought of this, he couldn't help but sigh. He hated Liu Xiu. If it weren't for Liu Xiu's refusal to marry, if Liu Xiu hadn't tried to hit the stone with an egg, he would have been unable to get along with the Yuan family and made the Yuan family a little passive, why would Yuan Hui have to enter the palace to serve the self-righteous emperor?

But now, he could not hate Liu Xiu, and he had to wait for Liu Xiu to save his life. He knew that Liu Xiu was not good for the Yuan family, but in order to compete with Yuan Shao, he could only win over Liu Xiu and call him brothers.

He himself couldn't tell whether he should hate Liu Xiu or be grateful to Liu Xiu.

If Liu Xiu didn't come, I would be really finished. The illegitimate son knew, and I wonder if he would die of laughter.

Yuan Shu fell asleep in a random thought until he was pushed to death by Qiao Rui. Qiao Rui looked ecstatic: "General, reinforcements are here, we are saved."

Yuan Shu jumped up and rushed out of the tent. The sound of majestic war drums came from the valley in the distance, as pleasant as the fairy music in the sky. Yuan Shu suddenly felt his blood surge, and his whole body was trembling, and he roared: "Beat the drum, attack!"

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